Cape Town vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cape Town	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1231	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2814	$1029
🏠 One person rent	$681	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$1180	$274
🍽️ Food expenses	$322	$146
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$132
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	56	63
😀 Quality of life	55	54
🏙️ Population	3.78M	14.9M

The cost of living in Cape Town is 187% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 4637th and 8915th ($1231 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in South Africa and Pakistan, respectively. Check South Africa vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Cape Town compared to 0.3 months in Karachi. Cape Town ranked 5th best city to live in South Africa vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 6312th and 6371st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cape Town vs Karachi

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	Cape Town	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.5	$1.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.4	$12.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.16	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$761	$115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$513	$71.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1355	$204
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$937	$133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.58%	16.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1957	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1290	$371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.15	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.5	$8.76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.7	$6.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.53	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.62	$6.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.36	$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.75	$5.37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.67	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.78	$1.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.18	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.15	$1.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.66	$3.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.2	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.3	$15.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.86	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.1	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.69	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$56	$18.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$63.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$228	$67.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4978	$1491

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Cities near Cape Town

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 33 mi	Paarl	$1243
99 km or 62 mi	Worcester	$666
371 km or 231 mi	George	$857
644 km or 400 mi	Uitenhage	$946
662 km or 411 mi	Port Elizabeth	$1005
664 km or 413 mi	Upington	$746
754 km or 468 mi	Makhanda	$814
821 km or 510 mi	Komani	$988
833 km or 518 mi	Kimberley	$861
845 km or 525 mi	Bhisho	$1304
882 km or 548 mi	East London	$784
912 km or 567 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
950 km or 590 mi	Mafeteng	$598
999 km or 621 mi	Maseru	$650
1002 km or 622 mi	Mthatha	$901
1029 km or 639 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
1030 km or 640 mi	Welkom	$762
1034 km or 643 mi	Mariental	$948
1092 km or 679 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
1092 km or 679 mi	Kroonstad	$808
1113 km or 692 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
1135 km or 705 mi	Mmabatho	$833
1155 km or 718 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
1187 km or 737 mi	Rehoboth	$904
1194 km or 742 mi	Lobatse	$637
1198 km or 745 mi	Kanye	$637
1208 km or 751 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
1217 km or 756 mi	Vereeniging	$706
1231 km or 765 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$705
1244 km or 773 mi	Soweto	$984
1250 km or 777 mi	Rustenburg	$940
1260 km or 783 mi	Gaborone	$668
1261 km or 783 mi	Molepolole	$607
1261 km or 784 mi	Johannesburg	$1082
1267 km or 788 mi	Randburg	$890
1269 km or 789 mi	Windhoek	$985
1270 km or 789 mi	Sandton	$984
1271 km or 790 mi	Durban	$892
1277 km or 794 mi	Gobabis	$927
1279 km or 795 mi	Walvis Bay	$857

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$382
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$324
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$395
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$336
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$290
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$340
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$322
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$330
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$324
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$382
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$291
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$442
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$322
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$305
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$375
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$573
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$315
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$624
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$374
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$366
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$290
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$705
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$403
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$278
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$436
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$328
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$362
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$274
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$439
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$808
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$347
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$303
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$267
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1081
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$335
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$558